Barton Family News

Dear Family, Hey y'all!!! How ya doing? Well, the last week I felt really bad I didn't write you guys. Last week in Portimão was awesome! It seemed like a lot of things were coming together. We were finding a lot of people to teach and we had a few getting so close to baptism. I got the notice last week that I would be transferred to Setúbal 2. I was excited about the opportunity, but also pretty bummed that I would have to leave what we had started in Portimão. I felt like things were really starting to pick up and that I would finish my mission there. But, the Lord always has better plans in mind than mine. I'm not gonna lie, I thought going to a new area for my last transfer would be the last thing that would happen. But, it's turned out to be awesome so far. My new companion is Elder Ixtlahuac. He is from Monterey Bay, California!!! He is an amazing companion!!! He is a super hard worker and is super close to the spirit. There are a ton of members here in Setúb...

Hey there family!!!!! Well, we can all say we were in Europe together now!! Hahaha I hope you all are doing well and had a safe flight over here. We already talked a lot about things that happened this week. We did a split with the Elders in Lagos which was tons of fun. I went with Elder Clark. We taught a guy named Mike. He was super cool. He was evangelical and said how he had talked to a bunch of our companions before and wanted to know why we were so persistent about him becoming a member of the church. He basically wanted to know why he couldn't be part of any other church and worship God the way he wanted to. We led into the lesson on the restoration of the gospel. He listened. In the end, he still didn't understand the importance of authority in God's church. He seemed a little frustrated in the end, I even acknowledged that in the lesson, and Elder Clark bore his testimony on the Book of Mormon. I think that was the most powerful part of the lesson. Something f...